MOTOR-CYCLIST KILLED

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 247, 9 January 1928, Page 9

MOTOR-CYCLIST KILLED

TWO OTHERS INJURED WEEK-END ACCIDENT One man was killed and two seriously injured in motor-cycle accidents during the week-end. The most sensational crash occurred at Muriwai Beach yesterday afternoon when Thomas Rodgers, of Otahuhu, while travelling at a speed estimated at nearly 90 miles an hour was thrown from his machine. He was speeding along the beach when his front wheel struck a bump and left the ground. Spectators state that the cycle travelled 50 feet through the air before touching the sand again. Rodgers attempted to regain control Qf the machine, but both wheels had been buckled up and he crashed. Dr. Mary Champtaloup, who was visiting Muriwai, attended the injured man, who was suffering from concussion of the brain and severe injuries to the body. The St. John Ambulance was hastily summoned, and made the 60-mile return journey in under three hours. Mr. Rodgers was admitted to the Auckland Hospital. His condition this morning had improved, but is still serious. When his motor-cycle struck a telegraph pole in New North Road yesterday morning, Frederick Edge, a porter at the Grand Hotel, was thrown to the roadway, dying later as a result of the injuries received. Mr. Edge was returning to work from his home in Mount Albert when the accident happened. He was rushed to the Auckland Hospital, but died late last evening. He was a married man, with one child, and lived at 78 Taumata Road, Mount Albert. Adrian Greig, aged 20, fell from his motor-cycle in Newton Road on Saturday evening. H© is at the Auckland Hospital suffering from concussion of the brain, but his condition this morning had improved slightly. He lives at 9 West End Road, Herne Bay.